PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU - CRAWFORD, WILLIAM R.
AU - OSBORN, THOMAS R.
TI - Control of Equatorial Ocean Currents by Turbulent Dissipation
DP - 1981 May 01
TA - Science
PG - 539--540
VI - 212
IP - 4494
4099 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/212/4494/539.short
4100 - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/212/4494/539.full
SO - Science1981 May 01; 212
AB - The importance of turbulence in the flow of equatorial currents has been noted by modelers but not observed. Recent measurements of turbulence show an increase in strength at the equator and confirm its role as a sink of the kinetic energy of currents at the equator.